Malmo - day one

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Flight 1
Alinghi (SUI 75) versus Victory Challenge (SWE 73)
Team Shosholoza (RSA 83) versus BMW Oracle Racing (USA 76)
K-Challenge (FRA 60) versus +39 Challenge (ITA 59)
Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL 82) versus United Internet Team Germany (GER 72)
Desafío Español (ESP 67) versus Mascalzone Latino – Capitalia Team (ITA 77)
China Team (CHN 69) versus Luna Rossa Challenge (ITA 74)

Flight 2
Alinghi (SUI 75) versus Team Shosholoza (RSA 83)
Victory Challenge (SWE 73) versus K-Challenge (FRA 60)
BMW Oracle Racing (USA 76) versus +39 Challenge (ITA 59)
United Internet Team Germany (GER 72) versus Desafío Español (ESP 67)
Mascalzone Latino – Capitalia Team (ITA 77) versus Luna Rossa Challenge (ITA 74)
China Team (CHN 69) versus Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL 82)

The big matches today to watch out for are Alinghi versus Victory Challenge, K-Challenge versus +39 and the Spanish versus the Italians on Mascalzone Latino-Capitalia Team in flight one, while the other close matches in Flight 2 should be Victory Challenge v K-Challenge and the Germans v the Spanish.

Conditions are a light rain and 15-18 knots of wind.



Alinghi and Victory got off to a split tack start, Alinghi taking the left side of the beat. The boats are bouncing each other up the middle of the race course. Half way up to the weather mark Alinghi is leading by two boat lengths. Alinghi lead Victory round the top mark, hoisting a symmetric spinnaker, while Victory Challenge hoist an A-sail.

In Team Shosholoza v BMW Oracle, Chris Law is now at the helm of the South African boat while Chris Dickson is helming BMW Oracle Racing. The start was relatively even, both boats hitting the line on the button, heading off to the left on starboard. BMW round 35 seconds in front of Team Shosholoza at the weather mark. From there, the American team made gains on every leg, rounding the leeward mark with a 46 second lead, the second windward mark 57 seconds in front and, extended further on final downwind eg to win by 1 minute 33 seconds.

Emirates Team New Zealand v United Internet Team Germany. Again the start is even, but the boats are separated both on starboard with the Kiwis up at the boat end.

+39 v K-Challenge have a dial-up in their pre-start and K-Challenge steal the starboard hand advantage. K-Challenge luff +39 round the wrong side of the committee boat, both boats protest, but K-Challenge exhonerated. Percy's team over the line and crossed around 50 seconds late. This is the most aggressive start we have seen today. K-Challenge round weather mark 43 seconds ahead of +39.

In their race against the Spanish, Mascalzone Latino-Capitalia suffer a problem on the first beat and go head to wind.

Final deltas:

Alinghi (SUI 75) beats Victory Challenge (SWE 73) by 54 seconds
BMW Oracle Racing (USA 76) beat Team Shosholoza (RSA 83) by 1 min 33 secs
K-Challenge (FRA 60) beat +39 Challenge (ITA 59) by 38 seconds
Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL 82) beat United Internet Team Germany (GER 72) by 1 min 39 s
Desafío Español (ESP 67) beat Mascalzone Latino – Capitalia Team (ITA 77)
Luna Rossa Challenge (ITA 74) beat China Team (CHN 69)


Flight 2

For this flight the breeze had built to 18-22 knots.

Alinghi v Team Shosholoza, Schueman v Law. Law again gets a respectible start for the the South Africans, down to leeward, but Alinghi quickly shows pace up the beat and extends her lead as the boats head out to the right. Alinghi lead around the top mark and the South Africans have a problem with their spinnaker and sail most of the run without the kite. Approaching the leeward mark the America's Cup defenders are 675m ahead. Alinghi lead by 2 minute 01 second at the leeward mark.

A strong pre-start from Jesper Bank on United Internet Team Germany, sees the German team leading up the left side of the beat. But they are overtaken by the Spanish who half way down the run hold a 350m lead, sailing deeper angles with a symmetric kite while the Germans are using an A-sail. The Germans appear to be having problems with their kite - this turns out be a broken spinnaker pole. On the second beat the Spanish hold the lead but tear their jib allowing the Germans to catch up. The Spanish team act quickly to get a new jib up but by the end of this, the boats are neck and neck.

In the Victory Challenge v K-Challenge, the local favourites have gained the advantage on the first beat with both boats heading out to the left side. Victory Challenge lead by 25 seconds at the weather mark.

In the 'spaghetti showdown' between Luna Rossa and Mascalzone, the Italian B-team appear to have sorted out their problems from race one having changed mainsails in the interim, but James Spithill at the helm of Luna Rossa get the upper hand in the start. The two boats enter the pre-start box at the same time about 20 seconds late, Luna Rossa ducks the dial-up and immediately tags Mascalzone Latino-Capitalia Team’s stern, closely following and controlling ITA 77. Luna Rossa’s afterguard wants the right and gets it, with James Spithill cutting the start on the Committee boat side on port tack while Mascalzone Latino-Capitalia Team starts at the pin. Up the beat Luna Rossa head right with a substantial advantage as Mascalzone head for the left hand layline. However obviously the Mascalzone Latino-Capitalia Team suffer problems again and retire from the second time today.

in the BMW Oracle versus +39 match, Dickson gained control of the starboard side and lead off the line. The two boats are tacking up the centre of the beat with Larry Ellison's team clear ahead. At the weather mark +39's spinnaker comes unpacked from the bag and in the process the kite launched itself prematurely and projects two crewmen into the water. The crew are picked up by an Umpire boat. +39 have to carry out a penalty turn for this incident. All would seem to be going well for Larry Ellison's team until BMW Oracle hoist after rounding the weather mark for the second time and seconds later their pole detaches from the mast and destroys itself, flying upwards. Fortunately no one is hurt. BMW Oracle complete the run in the lead without a pole to win by almost two minutes.

Unsurprisingly Emirates Team New Zealand are clearly ahead of China Team on the first beat. HOWEVER - on Team New Zealand the topping lift came off during the drop, the pole end fell in the water causing it to drag back against the shroud, snapping it. The Kiwi blew the kite lines off and left it in the water. But all this allowed China Team to catch up from way behind...

Flight Two
Alinghi (SUI 75) beat Team Shosholoza (RSA 83), delta - 3:07
Victory Challenge (SWE 73) beat K-Challenge (FRA 60), delta 0:24
BMW ORACLE Racing (USA 76) beat +39 Challenge (ITA 59), delta 1:48
Desafío Español 2007 (ESP 67) beat United Internet Team Germany (GER 72), delta - 1:14
Luna Rossa Challenge (ITA 74) won, Mascalzone Latino-Capitalia Team (ITA 77) retired Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL 82) beat China Team (CHN 69), delta 0:32

Malmö-Skåne Louis Vuitton Act 6 Points Leaderboard

Alinghi - 2
Emirates Team New Zealand - 2
Luna Rossa - 2
BMW ORACLE Racing - 2
Desafío Español 2007 - 2
Victory Challenge - 1
K-Challenge - 1
Mascalzone Latino-Capitalia Team - 0
+39 Challenge - 0
United Internet Team Germany - 0
China Team - 0
Team Shosholoza - 0

More photos on the following pages...

Crew lists:

Alinghi - SUI75
Crew list for	Match one	Match two
Helmsman	Jochen Schuemann	Jochen Schuemann
Tactician	Brad Butterworth	Brad Butterworth
Afterguard	Ed Baird	Ed Baird
Navigator	Juan Vila	Juan Vila
Runner/Strategist	Ernesto Bertarelli	Ernesto Bertarelli
Runner/Grinder	Rodney Ardern	Rodney Ardern
Strategist / Traveller	Murray Jones	Murray Jones
Mainsail Trimmer	Yann Gouniot	Yann Gouniot
Main Grinder	Will McCarthy	Will McCarthy
Trimmer	Nils Frei	Nils Frei
Trimmer	Simon Daubney	Simon Daubney
Grinder	Nicolas Texier	Nicolas Texier
Grinder	Matt Welling	Matt Welling
Pitman	Yves Detrey	Yves Detrey
Mast	Mark Newbrook	Mark Newbrook
Mid-Bow	Curtis Blewett	Curtis Blewett
Bow	Bernard Labro	Bernard Labro
Alternates	Dean Phipps	Dean Phipps
BMW ORACLE Racing - USA76
Skipper / Helmsman	Chris Dickson	Chris Dickson
Tactician	Gavin Brady	Gavin Brady
Aft Grind/Pit	Rodney Daniel	Rodney Daniel
Navigator	Ian Burns	Ian Burns
Traveller	Paul Westlake	Paul Westlake
Strategist / Runner	Eric Doyle	Eric Doyle
Mainsail Trimmer	Sean Clarkson	Sean Clarkson
Main Grinder	Joe Spooner	Joe Spooner
Trimmer	Zach Hurst	Zach Hurst
Trimmer	Robbie Naismith	Robbie Naismith
Grinder	Craig Monk	Craig Monk
Grinder	Ian Baker	Ian Baker
Mast	Julien Cressant	Julien Cressant
Pit	Jamie Gale	Jamie Gale
Mid-Bow	Phil Jameson	Phil Jameson
Bow	Brad Webb	Brad Webb
18th Man	Thorston Mueller Oetvoes (BMW)	Jimmy Linn

Desafío Español 2007 - ESP-67
Crew list for	Match one	Nat	Match two	Nat
Strategist	Luis Doreste		Luis Doreste
Helmsman	Karol Jablonski		Karol Jablonski
Tactician	John Cutler		John Cutler
Navigator	Matt Wachowicz		Matt Wachowicz
Traveller	Laureano Wizner		Laureano Wizner
Mainsail Trimmer	Hartwell Jordan		Hartwell Jordan
Main Grinder	Iñigo losada		Iñigo losada
Trimmer	Domingo Manrique		Domingo Manrique
Trimmer	Mikel Rossberg		Mikel Rossberg
Grinder	Mauro Miola		Mauro Miola
Grinder	Carlo Castellano		Carlo Castellano
Grinder	Virgilio Torrecilla		Virgilio Torrecilla
Mast	Enrique Cameselle		Enrique Cameselle
Pit	Pablo Rosano		Pablo Rosano
Pit 2	Diego Guigou		Diego Guigou
Mid-Bow	Pedro Más		Pedro Más
Bow	Jaime Arbones		Jaime Arbones
18th Man	Javier Garrigues Florez		Domingo Perez Alonso
	(Spanish Ambassador in Sweden)		(Financial Manager Desafio)
Mascalzone Latino – Capitalia Team - ITA77
Skipper/Tactician	Vasco Vascotto	ITA	Vasco Vascotto	ITA
Helmsman	Flavio Favini	ITA	Flavio Favini	ITA
Strategist	Hamish Pepper	NZL	Hamish Pepper	NZL
Navigator	Nacho Postigo		Nacho Postigo
Afterguard	Vincenzo Onorato	ITA	Vincenzo Onorato	ITA
Traveller	Cameron Dunn		Cameron Dunn
Runners/Pit assist	Flavio Grassi	ITA	Flavio Grassi	ITA
Mainsail Trimmer	Michele Paoletti		Michele Paoletti
Main Grinder	Nicola Pilastro	ITA	Nicola Pilastro	ITA
Trimmer	Jon Ziskind	USA	Jon Ziskind	USA
Trimmer	Lars Borgstrom	ITA	Lars Borgstrom	ITA
Grinder	Andrea Pavan	ITA	Andrea Pavan	ITA
Grinder	Luca Albarelli	ITA	Luca Albarelli	ITA
Pit	Cristian Griggio	ITA	Cristian Griggio	ITA
Mast	Antar Vigna	ITA	Antar Vigna	ITA
Mid-Bow	Mark Sheffield		Mark Sheffield
Bow	Alberto Barovier	ITA	Alberto Barovier	ITA

Crew list for	Match one	Nationality	Match two	Nationality
K-Challenge - FRA 60				FRA 60
Skipper/Helmsman	Thierry Peponnet	France	Thierry Peponnet	France
Tactician	Cameron Appleton	NZ	Cameron Appleton	NZ
Navigator	Wouter Verbraak	Netherlands	Wouter Verbraak	Netherlands
Afterguard/Strategist	Tanguy Cariou	France	Tanguy Cariou	France
Traveller	Sébastien Col	France	Sébastien Col	France
Runners	Peter Merrington	Australia	Peter Merrington	Australia
Mainsail Trimmer	Benoît Briand	France	Benoît Briand	France
Main Grinder	Jim Turner	GBR	Jim Turner	GBR
Trimmer	Thierry Douillard	France	Thierry Douillard	France
Trimmer	Hervé Cunningham	France	Hervé Cunningham	France
Grinder	Yann Maillet	Suisse	Yann Maillet	Suisse
Grinder	Frederic Lemaistre	France	Frederic Lemaistre	France
Mast	Georges Skuodas	GBR	Georges Skuodas	GBR
Pit	Albert Jacobsoone	France	Albert Jacobsoone	France
Pit assist	Wade Morgan	Australia	Wade Morgan	Australia
Mid-Bow	Guy Salter	USA	Guy Salter	USA
Bow	Matt Cornwell	GBR	Matt Cornwell	GBR
Victory Challenge - SEW 73				SWE 73
Helmsman	Magnus Holmberg	Swedish	Magnus Holmberg	Swedish
Tactician	Stefan Rahm	Swedish	Stefan Rahm	Swedish
Navigator	Johan Barne	Swedish	Johan Barne	Swedish
Stragegist	Mattias Rahm	Swedish	Mattias Rahm	Swedish
Traveller	Santiago Lange	Argentine	Santiago Lange	Argentine
Runner	Richard Sydenham	British	Richard Sydenham	Britsh
Runner grind	Kasper Vang	Danish	Kasper Vang	Danish
Mainsail Trimmer	Henrik Walderyd	Swedish	Henrik Walderyd	Swedish
Trimmer	Lars Linger	Swedish	Lars Linger	Swedish
Trimmer	Oskar Ljung	Swedish	Oskar Ljung	Swedish
Main grind	Jeremy Scantlebury	New Zeeland	Jeremy Scantlebury	New Zeeland
Stab grind	Ian Weighell	British	Jens Dolmer	Danish
Port grind	Henrik Norberg	Danish	Sebastian Tenghage	Swedish
Mastman	Anders Dahlsjö	Swedish	Anders Dahlsjö	Swedish
Pitman	Jonathan Taylor	British	Jonathan Taylor	Britsh
Mid-Bow	Martin Krite	Swedish	Martin Krite	Swedish
Bow	Jonas Wackenhuth	German	Jonas Wackenhuth	German
18th Man	Hugo Stenbeck	USA	Hugo Stenbeck	USA

Crew list for	Match one	Nationality	Match two	Nationality
United Internet Team Germany - GER72
Skipper/ Helmsman	Jesper Bank		Jesper Bank
Tactician	Henrik Blakskjær		Henrik Blakskjær
Navigator	Tom Schoettle		Tom Schoettle
Strategist	Michael Hestbæk		Michael Hestbæk
Floater	Wolf Dietz		Wolf Dietz
Traveller	Thomas Jacobsen		Thomas Jacobsen
Runner grind	Frederik Green		Frederik Green
Main trim	Mike Mottl		Mike Mottl
Main grind	Dominik Neidhart		Dominik Neidhart
Spin trim	Matti Paschen		Matti Paschen
Genoa trim	Conan Hunt		Conan Hunt
Port grind	Henning Sohn		Arkadiuzc Ornowski
Stb grind	Jochen Wolfram		Jochen Wolfram
Mast	Gerrit Bottemöller		Gerrit Bottemöller
Pit	Morten Halkier		Morten Halkier
Mid bow	Nico Jeschonnek		Nico Jeschonnek
Bow	Geordie Shaver		Geordie Shaver
18th Man	Uwe Sasse		Rainer Siggelkow
Crew list for	Match one	Nationality	Match two	Nationality
China Team - CHN 69
Skipper - Helmsman	Pierre Mas	France	Pierre Mas	France
Tactician	Philippe Mourniac	France	Philippe Mourniac	France
Navigator	Zhao Fei	Chine	Zhao Fei	Chine
Runners	Thierry Barot	France	Thierry Barot	France
Strategist	Dimitri Deruelle	France	Dimitri Deruelle	France
Trimmer	Olivier Herdelant	France	Olivier Herdelant	France
Trimmer	Piotr Przybylski	Pologne	Piotr Przybylski	Pologne
Mainsail Trimmer	Fred Rivet	France	Fred Rivet	France
Main Grinder	Brice Jaffuel	France	Brice Jaffuel	France
Grinder	Olivier Maurelli	France	Olivier Maurelli	France
Grinder	Azziz Essadeck	France	Azziz Essadeck	France
Grinder	Frederico Giovannelli	Italie	Frederico Giovannelli	Italie
Pit	Thierry Briend	France	Thierry Briend	France
Mast / Pit	Xavier Husson	France	Xavier Husson	France
Mast	Armand Coursodon	France	Armand Coursodon	France
Mid-Bow / Sewer	Florent Chastel	France	Florent Chastel	France
Bow	Jean Marie Dauris	France	Jean Marie Dauris	France

Crew list for	Match one	Nat	Match two	Nat
Emirates Team New Zealand - NZL 82
Helmsman	Dean Barker	NZL	Dean Barker	NZL
Tactician	Terry Hutchinson	USA	Terry Hutchinson	USA
Navigator	Kevin Hall	USA	Kevin Hall	USA
Strategist/Trav	Adam Beashel	AUS	Adam Beashel	AUS
Weather/Runner	Ray Davies	NZL	Ray Davies	NZL
Mainsheet	Don Cowie	NZL	Don Cowie	NZL
Trimmer Upwind	Grant Loretz	NZL	Grant Loretz	NZL
Trimmer Downwind	James Dagg	NZL	James Dagg	NZL
Grinder	Chris Macasey	NZL	Chris Macasey	NZL
Grinder	Jono McBeth	NZL	Jono McBeth	NZL
Main Grinder	Chris Ward	NZL	Chris Ward	NZL
Pit	Jared Henderson	NZL	Jared Henderson	NZL
Runner Pit	Tony Rae	NZL	Tony Rae	NZL
Mid-Bow	Richard Meacham	NZL	Richard Meacham	NZL
Bow	Jero Lomas	NZL	Jero Lomas	NZL
Mast	Matt Mason		Matt Mason
Runner/Grind	Grant Dalton	NZL	Grant Dalton	NZL
18th Man	Rod Davis	NZL	Rod Davis	NZL
Luna Rossa Challenge - ITA 74
Bow	Andrew Fethers	australian	Andrew Fethers	Australian
Mid Bow	Claudio Novi	Italian	Claudio Novi	Italian
Mast	Simone de Mari	Italian	Simone de Mari	Italian
Pit	Alan Smith	NZ	Alan Smith	NZ
Port grinder	Andrew Taylor	NZ	Andrew Taylor	NZ
Starbord grinder	Romolo Ranieri	Italian	Emanuele Marino	Italian
Trimmer	Joey Newton	australian	Joey Newton	Australian
Trimmer	Tatsuya Wakinaga	japanese	Tatsuya Wakinaga	japanese
Grinder main	Magnus Augustson	Sweden	Magnus Augustson	Sweden
Trimmer main	Jonathan McKee	USA	Jonathan Mckee	usa
Traveller	Benjamin Durham	australian	Benjamin Durham	Australian
Helm	James Spithill	australian	James Spithill	australian
Tactics	Charlie Mckee	USA	Charlie Mckee	USA
Runner -Strategy	Francesco de Angelis	Italian	Francesco de Angelis	Italian
Navigator	Michele Ivaldi	Italian	Michele Ivaldi	Italian
Weather	Francesco Bruni	Italian	Francesco Bruni	Italian
Grinder Runner	Daniele Bresciano	Italian	Massimo Gherarducci	Italian
18th Man	Gabriele Quadranti	Italian	Gabriele Quadranti	Italian

Crew list for	Match one	Nat	Match two	Nat
+ 39 Challenge ITA 59
Helmsman	Percy Iain	Ing.	Percy Iain	Ing.
Tactician	Kuret Karlo	Italia	Kuret Karlo	Italia
Navigator	Zirilli Bruno	Italia	Zirilli Bruno	Italia
Traveller	Bruni Gabriele	Italia	Bruni Gabriele	Italia
Runner Sewer	Romeo Piero		Romeo Piero
Runner Grinder	Andrew Simpson		Andrew Simpson
Runner Pit	Nossiter Anthony	Aus	Nossiter Anthony	Aus
Mainsail Trimmer	Trujillo Rafael	Spagna	Trujillo Rafael	Spagna
Main Grinder	Gnutti Michele	Cze	Gnutti Michele	Cze
Genoa Trimmer	Stefano Rizzi	Italia	Stefano Rizzi	Italia
Spin Trimmer	Scherrer Christian	Svizzera	Scherrer Christian	Svizzera
Stb Grinder	Bielecki Pavled	Italia	Bielecki Pavled	Italia
Port Grinder	Scalici Francesco	Polonia	Scalici Francesco	Polonia
Pit	Galli Massimo	Italia	Galli Massimo	Italia
Mast	Arvigo Danilo	Italia	Arvigo Danilo	Italia
Mid-Bow	Leonardi Giuseppe	Italia	Leonardi Giuseppe	Italia
Bow	Rossignoli Corrado	Italia	Rossignoli Corrado	Italia